I'm reminded of the psychologists joke, "That all research is me-search" Proust went well beyond that. He believed that when we read, we take in what we want to take in. We see what we want to see. Of course all research is me-search. Most everything we do is self serving.
Proust wanted us to open our eyes, to see beauty in simple things and rich things, but mostly to open our eyes to see beauty where it exists. that the judgment of what is beautiful exists separate from other judgments.
.... To no rely on idols, to think for ourselves.
... to pay attention
Perhaps this is just what I want to see in Proust.
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